Competencies
Resolution of October 17, 2025, issued by the Rector, whereby authority is delegated to various single-person bodies of this University for the exercise of the powers conferred upon them, and the substitution regime is established. The following powers are delegated to the Vice-Rector for Internationalization and Cooperation:
a) Establishing relationships with international institutions in scientific, cultural, and academic matters.
b) Creating, maintaining, developing, and consolidating cooperation networks and agreements with international institutions or organizations.
c) Creating, maintaining, developing, consolidating, and managing international mobility programs, as well as national student mobility programs, in coordination with the Vice-Rectorate for Students.
d) Creating, maintaining, developing, consolidating, and managing cooperation and applied research programs and projects for development, aimed at fostering social transformation in the most disadvantaged countries and regions.
e) Promoting and participating in volunteer initiatives involving the entire university community, and collaborating in actions that support peace, equity, human development, and environmental sustainability, in coordination with the Vice-Rectorate for Students and the University Administration.
f) Developing and promoting relationships with national and international organizations and forums to identify and manage funding sources of strategic interest to the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
g) Leading the International Relations Office and coordinating its activities with the Development Cooperation bodies of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
h) Drafting regulatory provisions within the scope of its competences.
i) Coordinating and promoting the recruitment of international students, in collaboration with the Vice-Rectorate for Students.
j) Overseeing international centers at ULPGC, as well as strategic projects and European or international university alliances involving ULPGC.
k) Preparing and monitoring specific national and international agreements and contracts within its area of responsibility.
l) Chairing and monitoring the delegated committees of the Governing Council on matters within its remit, and executing the decisions adopted therein.
m) Exercising the functions attributed by law to the contracting authority in procedures related to minor supply and service contracts within its area of competence and the budgetary allocations under its responsibility. This includes the delegation of economic and financial management derived from these competences, encompassing the authorization and commitment of expenditures, recognition of obligations, and submission of payment proposals.
n) Convening and resolving the awarding of grants, prizes, and subsidies associated with this Vice-Rectorate.
o) Identifying, proposing, and managing applications for external funding of interest to ULPGC within the scope of its competences.